South Carolina Flooding

FOREST ACRES, S.C. (WOLO) — Volunteers are giving a Forest Acres family a fresh start by picking up the pieces left over from the 2015 Flood. Ever since the heavy rains stopped, Jerry Elia and his family still felt the effects of the flood for years. “It ended up getting into the kitchen, and the leaking and the roof, and it…

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– South Carolina Emergency management officials are warning residents to be on alert for continued flooding from Florence as we head into the week. South Carolina Department of Natural Resources officials say we expect that the Little Pee Dee in the Nichols area and the Waccamaw River in the Conway area to rise above moderate flood stage Tuesday…

ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — As state lawmakers consider helping South Carolina farmers after last year’s rains and floods time is running short for growers to know if help is coming for spring planting. South Carolina Agriculture Commissioner Hugh Weathers tells The Times and Democrat of Orangeburg that timing now is critical. With lawmakers on break this week, Weathers says the…